Embracing Detroit is one thing we do with pride. It shows in our neighborhoods and the clothes that we wear. We believe that you should love thyself first, love thy neighbor second, and love thy hood third.
Embrace Your City.
This exclusive collaboration of Merit x DITNB is just that...two brands who embrace their city through apparel coming together to show an even greater love. <3
When we came up with "Embrace Your City" we wanted to get the message across to embrace your hood too. The Golden Rule came in because we believe you should have the same love & respect for your city & hood as you do for yourself
Inspired by the style of Keith Haring, we wanted to incorporate images that supported coming together as a community. We chose a heart for most of our collection as a means to convey how much we love our city.
We decided to use Serif font because of our collaboration with Détroit Is The New Black & the style and typography of the their logo. It was cool to learn more about the difference between Serif & Sans Serif through this process.
What does this collection mean to me?
Embracing your city to me means to have deep pride in where you stay but also expressing
how you feel about it through the way you dress and communicate to others around you.
- Whitney
What does this collection mean to me?
You can do anything creative in a positive community, but you can also do
anything in these clothes because of how comfortable and wearable they are.
- Malik
What does this collection mean to me?
Embrace Your City to me means to accept everything in it no matter what happens because this is
the place you love. Embracing your city is also trying to make it better by any means you can and
not giving in to false stereotypes that would ruin your own image.
- Shy'Niya
What does this collection mean to me?
If you're confident in yourself, you can do anything.
- Shiya